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Incidentally, it was one year ago tonight that Ronald Filer Price, “conservative candidate” for Rockingham County Board of Education, stole the campaign signs belonging to U.S. House member Brad Miller. And then a number of citizens – including a doctor – spotted Ron’s pilfering. Price admitted to the Reidsville cops that he had taken them, and claimed the following night on live television that he feared for his life because he was being chased by “goons”.

Price, now too morally-tainted to serve on the Board, wound up elected and he had the gall to get sworn in anyway (but come the swearing-in ceremony, he meekly had to admit that there was nobody to hold his Bible for him). Ron “The Con” has since gained a reputation as being the most arrogant, sneering member of the Rockingham County school board, looking down on those he brands as “bad for the community” ...

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Why is it that some of the more monumental events of my life have happened right on November 3rd? Weird, that.

Chalk up not one, but three things that took place yesterday. One we knew was coming and the other two were complete surprises. Of the three, two were very good and the other was pretty bad… but as nobody was hurt, and that the rest of the day’s events were so joyous, I can’t say that there’s been any lingering regret.

I’ll save Good Thing #1 for the post right after this one. That took place yesterday morning at 4:30 a.m. It was so awesome that I had to wake up Lisa to tell her the great news. Well we got in a few hours of rest and then made ready for Meg and John’s wedding, which was set for 3 p.m. at First Congregational Christian Church in Reidsville. ...

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Just as I threatened to do a few days ago, here is the Ron Price Jack-o’-Lantern. Yes, I actually went ahead with my plan to carve a pumpkin in the likeness of Rockingham County’s most larcenous, arrogant and condescending school board member! Ron Price is now immortalized in pumpkin… or at least until the thing starts to rot and decay (to match Price’s moral principles).

Here’s a shot of it on our kitchen table. Note that Monday Night Live on WGSR is playing in the background. Yup, even in our home, I make darn sure that Price cannot escape the scrutiny of WGSR, which Price once said was “bad for the community” (and click here if you want to hear Price say it himself)…

Here’s a shot of the “Ron Price Political Protest Pumpkin” on our front porch…

With a bit of the light inside coming out…...

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Okay, this will be the last post I make before getting back to my much-needed break from blogging! Because after making and publishing the Ron Price Jack-o’-Lantern pattern, I couldn’t in good conscience leave things dangling with something that scary.

So here’s a Jack-o’-Lantern pattern of the candidate for President that I’m backing: Ron Paul. Same basic instructions as the original: Click on the image to get it full-sized and print it out. Use pins or tape to secure it to the side of a pumpkin. Then use a Pumpkin Carving Kit from Pumpkin Masters, and do with this as you would do with any other pumpkin pattern.

Happy Halloween! 🙂...

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In case anyone’s wondering, this is not like the “Star Wars kid” video. That was cruel and tasteless, because the young man in question never went looking for that kind of attention. That’s something that still bothers me to this day, that it happened.

This video is altogether different. Entering a contest like this makes you a public figure and whatever you choose to do on stage, it becomes wide-open for observation and scrutiny. That’s just the nature of the beast. In this case, this young lady opted to perform the “Star Wars theme” on a trumpet, while clad in a black unitard with silver-fringed sleeves.

Here she is: “Star Wars Trumpet Girl”!

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It was one year ago today – on October 6th, 2006 – that the now-(in)famous first commercial from my campaign for Rockingham County Board of Education started broadcasting on WGSR in Reidsville…

I had just finished it that morning, and while the video was doing the final render I ran out to find Debbie Moore so that I could give her the check for a month’s worth of airtime. Then I got home, burned it onto a CD and drove it over to WGSR and handed it to Matt Smith. Right after that I had to go to Greensboro for an errand, then got back home and after seeing Lisa I went back to the station to see if the commercial was running yet.

Ooh-boy…

Y’know, this commercial, I had to make it. If I didn’t produce it for my school board run, I would have regretted it for the ...

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